I am managing (so far) to make dinner today without an oven in the house. The oven is in my hubby's shop. The turkey is baking in a bag as I type this. My oven went to heck the other day. We had another stove out in the green house. My hubby and his son were able to get it into the shop and get it working. Hubby had a tank of propane for it. I imagine that eventually it will be coming in the house.

I hope you all are having a wonderful day today. With safe travels. Close family or friends. Or as Cass said even peacefully alone.

It seems my little family was just as happy with turkey or ham sandwiches on Thanksgiving! I did make an apple pie! I'm glad I decided to just take it easy this year!

Normally, I would have set up the Christmas decorations on Turkey Day but the weather was dreadful and I still haven't gotten started! Perhaps today. Have to see how windy it will be. It is rather difficult to set up the angel and manger scene in the wind! For now, I've settled for plugging in the colored lights that I never took down from last hear along the roof line!

I think some would look at my posts and think I don't have a diagnosis of depression...but I do. I just fight like crazy to not give in to it! Some days, I lose the battle and either sit around and do nothing or go back to bed. My dog, Micah, seems to know the difference between me going back to bed if I'm truly 'sick' or me going back to bed because I can't make myself function due to the depression. First scenario, she will curl up at the end of the bed between me and the door. Second scenario, she will bug me and bug me to play! It really does help me...not only to distinguish between them myself, but also because it helps get me out of my own head most of the time. To push myself, even in a depressed state of mind, to get up, suit up and show up. I get some fresh air and a bit of activity, even if my mood remains the same.multiple surgeries for rotator cuff both shoulders with residual chronic impingement syndrome, ulnar nerve transposition, carpal tunnel release, multiple wrist surgeries, multiple herniated discs, tarlov cysts, whiplash, bursitis of hips, grade 5 right shoulder separation and torn labrum, ovarian cysts, fibroid tumors of the uterus

known ya long enough to know pitmom. and you have had me in my backyard for two weeks!! not grow anything, or plant, but weeds, shed, etc. has been very beneficial. doing lawns and cutting grass releases chemicals that hit the serotonin. scientific fact. keep strong, know the turtle thinks of ya.

Thought I 'got lucky' when I saw the bulk trash truck coming. Ran outside to drag some larger stuff to the curb for pick up. Evidently, I pulled some abdominal muscles.

Woke up the next day with rectal pain. I know, sounds weird. I have adhesions from surgeries. When I coughed, it hurt. When I sneezed...felt like someone was shoving a sword up from rectum to belly button!

Two whole days in bed, unable to sit. Ugh. Not good for my depression.

Hi Pitmom,Sorry to hear about your pain - ouch! Hopefully every day it gets better.I'm on day 3 with a migraine. Stupid weather! I went for nutritional testing and will be taking some supplements for liver, adrenal, thyroid, etc. She could tell my sleeping isn't good. I'm hoping to just feel better! It's been so long since I felt good. I'm so tired. Anyone with me?

Hi All,HT - How are you doing? Still feeling pretty exhausted? I was told I wasn't anemic but I'd have to look up the numbers to see where I fall in the range.Karen - How is Luna? I bet she's super cute! Is the woodpecker coming to the feeder? Paul - welcome to the forum. I'm new and everyone has been friendly and encouraging here. I appreciate your positive attitude about hope - it is possible. Hi Trina, hope today's been a good day for you.My mom fell again and has 2 foot fractures. She's recovering from a dislocated shoulder from another fall. I need to keep boundaries with her and so we've communicated by phone. I hope everyone is doing the best they can, day by day.Hedgie

And good morning... Luna is fantastic. She is learning good. Except to potty outside. I keep pads on the floor for her inside. But when we take her out in the snow, she doesn't seem to realize she needs to potty out there. She will learn though, she is smart.

The pileated woodpecker comes in most everyday now. Hubby put a suet cage by my window which the chickadees come to now. It is cool to watch.

I hope you have a good day today. I hope everybody has a good day. I have to go to town and get meds. Fun...

Hi Karen,So good to hear about Luna. I can almost feel the love for her! You're right, she will learn. 😊 Snow needs some figuring out! Pets are wonderful friends. Sounds like you are getting good entertainment by the feeder! I visited a relative who put seed out and these huge birds would swoop in to eat it all. The little birds could hardly get any until she waved her hands and told the big birds to go away and let the others get some too! It was a breakfast ritual. I hope your medication pick up went ok - no unpleasant surprises.Hope you and everyone has a good weekend. Hedgie

Hi Karen. I'm so glad things are going well with Luna! I'm not sure how much snow you have, but are you able to shovel a small area of the grass so she can at least identify "potty time" with grass, instead of the snow? Just a thought... I"m so glad you have a new baby to love. I'd love to see a picture of her. Can you post those here?Cass

Thank you both for posting. I might be able to shovel a spot for her. Hubby put a pee pad out there. Maybe she will get it, I don't know. She is growing so fast and it so heavy. She must be muscular, because I don't remember any puppy weighing so much. I am going to get an actual weight on her later today. In two weeks she has to get more shots. I will have to take her to the vet. Fun, not... Pricy...

I will try to post pics here, I am not sure how. It is hard to get a good defining pic of her as she is all black except for two white toes. I use to have somebody else load pics here, I think that they did it with photobucket, not sure.

Got more of the decorations up outside, even one of the large trees! This year, it's on the patio outside the living room window, so I get to enjoy it more.

The adhesions have calmed down again and I am much more comfortable. Trying some stretches for Sacro-Iliac Joint issues. So far, so good. One set of them and I feel a difference already! Not getting my hopes up but, might be on to something here!

Felt a deep despondency this morning...loneliness....missing my parents and brother. Then, I started down the "I'm unhappy with...a...b...c." and made a determined effort to get off the pity pot and back away from the edge of the rabbit hole. It's toughest in winter.

Got dressed and started another little home improvement project...painting the edges of the wall next to the furnace because the wallpaper I bought is just a smidge too narrow. I no sooner put the brush to the wall and the phone rang! Friends' car broke down. It's barely 30 degrees out...so I put everything away and went and picked her up and dropped her at another friends house to wait for her husband to pick her up. At least she'll be warm!

I'm waiting for the paint to dry and then I'll try my hand at hanging the paper. It's one of the new removable type, so hopefully it will go up without too much trouble. Then, I plan to take the light fixture that was in my bedroom and swap it with the one in the hallway now. I have 2 mirrors to go up on the wall, too.multiple surgeries for rotator cuff both shoulders with residual chronic impingement syndrome, ulnar nerve transposition, carpal tunnel release, multiple wrist surgeries, multiple herniated discs, tarlov cysts, whiplash, bursitis of hips, grade 5 right shoulder separation and torn labrum, ovarian cysts, fibroid tumors of the uterus